SummaryA lurid fable of obsessive love, using a potent mix of dark romance, surrealist technique, and violent action. Bad Guy paints a picture of a dark, hauntingly unforgettable neon-lit world, where two unlikely lovers meet on their own lonely street. (LifeSize Entertainment)
Directed By:Kim Ki-duk
Written By:Kim Ki-duk
Nabbeun namja
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Mixed or Average
49
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
35% Positive
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The most emotionally satisfying pic to date by Korean iconoclast Kim Ki-duk.
70
The film works best as a passionate tale of obsessive love, with two people brought together under harrowing circumstances.
63
Low, mean and depressingly plausible.
50
What begins, rather promisingly, as a visceral yawp against class difference in contemporary South Korea slowly devolves into a prolonged exercise in pointless sadomasochism.
50
The audience is subjected to a series of emotional contortions, encouraged to experience them voyeuristically, and then scolded for doing so. The bathetic music Kim favors is profoundly at odds with his chilly attitude toward the characters.
40
Ghastly.
25
Becomes more and more confused, unpleasant and preposterous.
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Generally Favorable
75% Positive
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Production Company:
- LJ Film
- Prime Entertainment
- Tube Entertainment (E Tube Entertainment)
Release Date:Feb 18, 2005
Duration:1 h 40 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:Trapped in a world of pleasure and pain ...
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Awards
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Fukuoka Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination































